Well, here we are in the heart of summer. Let’s hope July is not as rain-soaked as June and that we all can find some HBO content to entertain us. We moved into another set of Sunday shows and have a special popping up so after your fun in the sun this coming month sit down to Home Box Office....

Do you lay awake at night while your thoughts drift to some of the disturbing scenes in The Knick? Oh, that’s just me? Well if you’re a fan of Clive Owen you’ll be happy to know that we finally have a narrowed premiere window for The Knick season 2. Cinemax has been releasing...

Wondering why we haven’t seen a trailer for HBO’s next mega-smash hit Westworld? So were we. Until we stumbled upon an interview with THR today where HBO’s programming chief Michael Lombardo gave us an update admitting that Westworld will miss its 2015 premiere date...

Today is one of the most important days in HBO’s history. For decades now, HBO has been a premium cable channel, available via a traditional subscription and access to a coaxial cable in your living room wall. A few years back HBO launched HBO Go, a streaming app that allows you to watch...

George R. R. Martin is in collaboration with HBO to create a sci-fi drama work under the title of CAPTAIN COSMOS!
At first I thought this a belated April Fool’s Day joke when the above bit of news came to our attention. Mr. Martin, creator of the “The Song Of Fire & Ice” series of...

Latest HBO News

Finally some news about Season Six! HBO is being uncharacteristically tight-lipped about its upcoming season of Game of Thrones, but the TV network broke its silence recently. Entertainment Weekly announced earlier today that renowned Emmy Award winning actor Ian McShane will be joining the cast for Season Six. This will not be McShane’s first time in an HBO series. Ian McShane is well-known for his stellar acting in the well loved TV show Deadwood but has also made a name for himself acting in more light- hearted entertainment such as Pirates of the Caribbean and Kung Fu Panda. HBO did not disclose what character McShane...

I’d be surprised if I found a film that came out in the past few years more divisive than Birdman. Coming out of awards season with the Academy Award for Best Picture amongst several others, a lot of people saw this as Hollywood once again patting itself on the back with another self-congratulatory tale of an actor aspiring to greatness when the world around him tries its damndest to pull him back down to Earth as though he were Icarus flying towards the sun. Except Icarus’ wings were made of wax and melted when he got too close. And if that metaphor seemed a bit pretentious in your mind, this is going to be a fun ride. This...

After almost a year of speculation and waiting we finally have a name for that long-awaited series coming from the team that brought us Boardwalk Empire. ‘Vinyl’ is a drama created by Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese that follows the life and misadventures of a music producer in the 1970’s (Bobby Cannavale).
The Emmy winning Cannaval isn’t alone in this sure-to-be-a-hit series– far from it. Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano and several other faces you’ll probably recognize are part of Vinyl’s casting call.
Not only has the name been a secret until now, the premiere date– hell, the premiere year...

Straight from a Press Release comes the following about the sophomore season of DOLL & EM.
COMEDY SERIES DOLL & EM,
STARRING EMILY MORTIMER AND DOLLY WELLS,
RETURNS FOR ITS SECOND SEASON SEPT. 13 ON HBO
DOLL & EM, the comedy series starring Emily Mortimer (HBO’s THE NEWSROOM) and Dolly Wells (Bridget Jones’s Diary), will return for its second season SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 beginning at 10:30pm on HBO. Guest stars on the six-episode season include Ewan McGregor, Olivia Wilde, Evan Rachel Wood and Mikhail Baryshnikov. The new season will again be directed by Azazel Jacobs and produced by Alessandro Nivola with Kevin...

Seven hells! Game of Thrones is going to have eight seasons! George R.R. Martin may be writing a seven-book series about the world of Westeros– a land with seven gods and seven kingdoms, but the show Game of Thrones will now have eight or more seasons. The news was broken by the HBO President President Michael Lombardo who made the announcement at Television Critics Association. At least another season more than we have anticipated is exciting news for everyone reluctant to see Game of Thrones leave their screens for good. While Game of Thrones writers D.B. Weiss and David Benioff have often suggested that they planned to...

The Summer Television Critics Association (TCA) event had HBO in the house and a number of announcements have dropped regarding the network. President of Programming Michael Lombardo held the stage and offered up the following:
David Chase, creator of THE SOPRANOS, has had a project in mind for more than a few years now. It is entitled A RIBBON OF DREAMS and is about the early Hollywood film industry. It was a project HBO and Chase entertained a couple of years after THE SOPRANOS concluded in 2007. Lombardo stated
“I’ve seen pages. He showed us two hours worth of material, and I trust I’ll see more by the end of the year. I think...

Are you still hungry for another helping of leftovers? HBO is looking to serve up a freshly rebooted series to you on October 4th, 2015. Will we find out what The Departure really was this season? Almost certainly not but we can hope to get a few clues that, at the very least make us stop and think.
HBOs fall schedule is looking a bit depressed at the moment. While there are a pair of mini-series and a few other smaller series, The Leftovers is actually the “biggest” launch we’ll see until 2016 after True Detective stops airing in two weeks. This is a departure from fall of 2014 where we still had The Newsroom and...

For the first time ever the digital version of a new season of Game of Thrones will be made available before the physical release! This adds to the many options for users who want to watch Game of Thrones online and allows fans to get their digital streaming fix sooner than ever. Game of Thrones in streaming form will be available on August 31st, 2015.
Here are the special features you’ll recieve when you purchase the digital versions of Game of Thrones season 5:
Introduction to Dorne* – Visit the kingdom of Dorne in this special that delves inside the impressive realm and its many colorful characters, including Prince...

Man, time sure flies. Here we are almost through summer and I haven’t even gone on my week-long vacation yet. The beach is calling, but so is what is on HBO in August. We will see the conclusion of yet another set of our Sunday series already and soon HBO will be promoting its Fall season. I hope everyone is eagerly anticipating what will appear soon starting with the big movies and specials coming up in August 2015. Here is What’s On.
Originals: Just how will our Sunday night originals end this month? TRUE DETECTIVE must wind up its case in Vinci, California and the gangs from BALLERS and THE BRINK will give their antics a...

This season of True Detective has been unjustly maligned by many critics who have decided to ignore great performances, and the nearly identical tone to the beloved first season. Episodes like “Church In Ruins” go far in proving these criticisms as moot points. This episode is full of tension from the opening scene to the finale.
“I have a sense of justice”
Starting from where we left last episode we immediately go full tilt into the confrontation between Velcoro and Semyon. This scene is full of tension so rich it would make Alfred Hitchcock squeal in glee. The fact that both characters are seemingly having a normal...

Now don’t fret because Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden and Thandie Newton are all still in the highly anticipated WESTWORLD series. Miranda Otto and Eion Bailey, on the other hand, are out. Come on, if we are going to get WESTWORLD out by 1Q of 2016 let’s get moving here. Here are the details.
Miranda Otto has been replaced by one Sidse Babbitt Knudsen (pictured) playing the role of Westworld’s head of operations named Theresa Cullen. Is that to say everything goes haywire under her watch? Uh-oh. Replacing Bailey is Ben Barnes who will take up the role of Logan. That character is a...

If you’ve ever wanted an effigy of a ruthlessly sadistic psychopath to proudly display on your living room book shelf, then you’re in luck! Fans of the one and only Ramsay Bolton (née Snow) will have the opportunity to take home a round eyed, square headed, adorable vinyl version of their favorite flayer. Sitting proudly next to your family photos, Ramsay is sure to be a great conversation starter and is guaranteed to leave a lasting impression (most likely a disfiguring scar) on any guests you welcome into your newly designated Dreadfort. Good news for already established collectors of Funko Pop’s Game of...

Warning: This review contains some spoilers.
Michaël R. Roskam’s 2014 film The Drop features talent that is familiar to HBO viewers: Dennis Lehane (writer: The Wire, Boardwalk Empire), Ann Dowd (True Detective, Olive Kitteridge), and most notably, the late James Gandolfini in his final film role.
Adapted by Lehane from his own short story “Animal Rescue,” The Drop stars Tom Hardy as Bob, a soft-spoken man who lives in a rough Brooklyn neighborhood. Tom works as a bartender at Marv’s, and has little in common with the rowdy regulars who patronize the establishment. Bob also has little in common with Marv himself...

WARNING: Major Game of Thrones spoilers below.
Ever since Game of Thrones‘ latest season ended with the supposed death of fan-favorite Jon Snow, many have been in debate as to whether the character is truly dead or not. While some argue that no one can survive multiple stabbings to the vital organs, surprisingly, most fans are of the opinion that Jon’s story isn’t over. The internet abounds with fan theories about how Jon Snow will survive his attack, or even be resurrected from death, but while some shrug them off as merely the fantasies of heart-sick viewers who cannot accept their favorite character’s death,...

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